| Home team | Crusaders |
| Away team | Hurricanes |
| Venue | One NZ Stadium |
| Competition | Super Rugby Pacific |
| Kick off time | 8:05 am (UK) |
| Watch Live in the UK | Sky Sports+ |
Crusaders vs Hurricanes Super Rugby Pacific preview as the sides meet in the final round of the regular season of Super Rugby at the One NZ Stadium.
The Crusaders have secured themselves a place in the top six and will play in the playoffs, but would look to finish in the top three to book themselves a home playoff game. They are three points ahead of the Brumbies in fifth and four points ahead of the Reds in sixth.
The Hurricanes are guaranteed to finish the regular season in first place as they sit nine points ahead of the Chiefs.
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Crusaders vs Hurricanes confirmed lineups
| Crusaders | Hurricanes | ||||
| Forwards | |||||
| Bower | 1 | Numia | |||
| Taylor | 2 | Tuputupu | |||
| Newell | 3 | Lomax | |||
| Shalfoon | 4 | Plummer | |||
| Hannah | 5 | Walker-Leawere | |||
| Gardiner | 6 | Shields | |||
| Blackadder | 7 | Flanders | |||
| Lio-Willie | 8 | Poliko | |||
| Backs | |||||
| Hotham | 9 | Roigard | |||
| Reihana | 10 | Harkin | |||
| Reece | 11 | Naholo | |||
| Havili | 12 | Rova | |||
| McLeod | 13 | Timu | |||
| Fihaki | 14 | Filimone | |||
| McNicholl | 15 | Moorby | |||
| Replacements | |||||
| Letiu | 16 | Devery | |||
| Brewis | 17 | Rakete-Stones | |||
| Calder | 18 | Mafileo | |||
| Jack | 19 | Allen | |||
| Lee | 20 | Petaia | |||
| Preston | 21 | Viljoen | |||
| Kemara | 22 | Cashmore | |||
| Roberts | 23 | Sullivan | |||
Recent Form:
Crusaders (Home team):
| Result | Date | Competition | Opponent | Score |
| Won | 22nd May 2026 | Super Rugby | Chiefs | 36-32 |
| Won | 8th May 2026 | Super Rugby | Blues | 36-20 |
| Loss | 1st May 2026 | Super Rugby | Hurricanes | 38-31 |
| Won | 24th April 2026 | Super Rugby | Waratahs | 35-20 |
| Loss | 18th April 2026 | Super Rugby | Western Force | 31-26 |
The Crusaders have won three of their last four games and are undefeated in their last five home games. The last three of these have come since the opening of the One NZ Stadium where they played the Waratahs. In the last round they picked up a four point win over the Chiefs. With 10 minutes to go they were 32-24 behinds but tries from Johnny McNicholl and David Havili put the Christchurch based side in front.
Hurricanes (Away team):
| Result | Date | Competition | Opponent | Score |
| Won | 23rd May 2026 | Super Rugby | Highlanders | 45-28 |
| Won | 16th May 2026 | Super Rugby | Blues | 24-47 |
| Won | 9th May 2026 | Super Rugby | Moana Pasifika | 17-50 |
| Won | 1st May 2026 | Super Rugby | Crusaders | 38-31 |
| Won | 25th April 2026 | Super Rugby | Brumbies | 45-12 |
Hurricanes have won 10 of their last 11 matches and won five in a row. In each of these last five games they have scored 38 or more points. In the last round, they secured top spot in the league with a 45-28 win over the Highlanders. They went 21-0 ahead and went on to score seven tries in the game.
Crusaders vs Hurricanes head-to-head record (last five matches):
| Date | Competition | Winner | Score |
| 1st May 2026 | Super Rugby | Hurricanes | 38-31 |
| 11th April 2025 | Super Rugby | Crusaders | 24-31 |
| 14th February 2025 | Super Rugby | Crusaders | 33-25 |
| 15th March 2024 | Super Rugby | Hurricanes | 10-14 |
| 3rd June 2023 | Super Rugby | Hurricanes | 27-26 |
The Hurricanes won the game earlier this season, while the Crusaders won both matches last year. The last eight clashes between the teams have been won by 10 points or less and the meeting in Wellington in 2021 went to golden point.
